资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
mouse droppings
1. {Pixels} (usually
single) that are not properly restored when the {mouse
pointer} moves away from a particular location on the screen,
producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left
droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are
{MS-DOS} programs that write to the screen memory
corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without
hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not
quite support the {graphics mode} in use.
2. The client address recorded in a
{World-Wide Web} server's log whenever a client connects to a
site.
Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in
this way but the potential for misuse of the information is
limited.
[March 1996 Macworld, p260, Viewpoint article by Larry Irving].
(1994-12-05)